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Netball New Zealand is delighted to announce that Cadbury has come on board as our Official Volunteer Partner. Cadbury is super passionate about the powerful role that grass roots sports plays in our community and together we want to ensure that the future of Netball remains strong. Our partnership is built to recognise, reward, inspire and recruit new volunteers to our sport by shining a light on those netball volunteer champions who have helped build and nurture our netball communities and participants.

That’s why over National Volunteers Week (16-22 June) we kickstarted an initiative to send Cadbury Thank You Packs to all of our Netball Centres across the country, enabling members to thank their volunteers, including coaches, umpires and team managers.

In addition, NNZ have employed a Volunteer Advocacy Coordinator (VAC) to manage the Volunteer Programme, starting with the development of a robust strategy for our Centres. If you would like to get a hold of our VAC, please contact volunteer@netballnz.co.nz

This is just the start of some exciting opportunities to recognise and empower the people who tirelessly put time and effort into our game. Other initiatives include thanks activations at Centres, Volunteer of the Month Awards and the National Volunteer of the Year Awards in October. We’ll soon be calling for nominations, so please have a think about who to nominate from your Centre.

We are so excited about Cadbury coming on board as our Official Volunteer Partner and giving our Centres the opportunity to Thank our Volunteers.

Cadbury Volunteer Awards 2019

Nominations for Cadbury Volunteer Awards 2019 are open now! Nominations close on Wednesday 25 September. Be sure to nominate your favourite Netball volunteer.

A volunteer can be nominated in one of the five categories – To view the category criteria, Click here

·Cadbury Volunteer Coach of the Year

·Cadbury Volunteer Official of the Year

·Cadbury Volunteer Administrator of the Year

·Cadbury Youth Volunteer of the Year

·Cadbury Community Volunteer Champion of the Year

Each category winner and their guest will be flown to Auckland to be hosted and presented their award at the prestigious NZ Netball Awards held at Spark Arena on Wednesday 30th October.

If the answer is YES to any of the above, becoming a Netball Volunteer could be for you!

What do Netball Volunteers do?

Many volunteers coach, manage or umpire for a Club or School team. Other volunteers are involved in running our sport by working in administrative or governance roles. Others are involved in specific projects or helping out with one-off events or tournaments.